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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Test of Word Reading Efficiency. Screening test. measures an individual's ability to pronounce printed words accurately and fluently. Generates percentiles - standard scores - age equivalents - and grade equivalents.Decoding - Sight words






2. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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3. Confirmation and Fluency - Decoding skills - Fluency - additional strategies

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4. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






5. Academic Language Therapy Association






6. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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7. The percentage is defined to include scores in a specified distribution that fall below the point at which a given score lies.






8. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






9. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






10. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






11. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






12. English as a second language






13. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






14. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






15. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






16. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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17. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






18. Proceeds from the part to the whole.Reading is driven by the text. Emphasizes the written or printed text. Flesch - Gough - LaBerge and Samuels.






19. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






20. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






21. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






22. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






23. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






24. Open syllable






25. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






26. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






27. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






28. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






29. Individual Educational Plan






30. Wide Range Achievement Test






31. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






32. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






33. Ability to understand and express spoken language






34. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






35. Final stable syllable

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36. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






37. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






38. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






39. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






40. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






41. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






42. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






43. Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth Edition Screening test. Provides an efficient and objective measure of growth in oral reading and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading difficulties Standard Scores - Percentile Ranks - Grade Equivalents - Age Equivale






44. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






45. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






46. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






47. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






48. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






49. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






50. A standardized test designed to efficiently measure the amount of knowledge and/or skill a person has acquired - usually as a result of classroom instruction. Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learn






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